{"id":1292,"date":"2017-07-26T22:19:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T14:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.btrma.org.au\/?p=1292"},"modified":"2020-05-01T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T03:53:37","slug":"national-news-courtesy-of-barbed-wire-and-bamboo-periodical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.btrma.org.au\/?p=1292","title":{"rendered":"National News – Courtesy of Barbed Wire and Bamboo periodical"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tUpcoming 2017 Commemoration Services<\/strong>:(as advised by the office of The Hon Dan Tehan MP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
25 August<\/td>\n75th Anniversary of the Battle of Milne Bay<\/td>\nAustralian War Memorial, Canberra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14 September<\/td>\nAnniversary Australian Peacekeepers and Peacemakers<\/td>\nAnzac Parade, Canberra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26 September<\/td>\nCentenary of the Battle of Polygon Wood<\/td>\nPasschendaele Zonnebeke, Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23 October<\/td>\n75th Anniversary of the start of El Alamein<\/td>\nAustralian War Memorial, Canberra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31 October<\/td>\nCentenary of the Battle of Beersheba, Sinai Palestine Campaign<\/td>\nBe’er Sheva, Israel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 November<\/td>\n75th Anniversary of Kokoda and the beachheads<\/td>\nAustralian War Memorial, Canberra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

DVA Ex-POW Statistics as at 6 January 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Current Residential Location<\/td>\nEx-POW Europe<\/td>\nEx-POW Japan<\/td>\nEx-POW Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NSW<\/td>\n25<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VIC<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QLD<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SA<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WA<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TAS<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NT<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ACT<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Overseas<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Total WW2 Ex-POWs remaining: <\/td>\n194<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WW2 deaths since Sept 2016 report: <\/td>\n23 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total Korean Ex-POWs remaining: <\/td>\n6 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korean deaths since Sept 2016 report:<\/td>\n 0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average Age of remaining Ex-POWs: <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Europe 94.9 years old<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Japan \t95.6 years old <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Korea \t88.5 years old <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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